Binder for music, &amp;c.



lie/807,734. PATENTBD DEC. 19, 1905. E. F. FLANAGAN.

BINDER FOR MUSIC, &c. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4.1904.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4.1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

BINDER FOR MUSIC, 81.0-

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed May 4:, 1904. Serial No. 206,406.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. FLANAGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Binders for Music, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in binders for sheet-music, clippings, &c.; and the object is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable binder having means whereby the music or other matter to be bound may be readily and conveniently inserted and detachably bound together in book form in such a manner that any desired sheet may be removed and replaced or another substituted therefor without disturbing the remaining sheets of music or other matter in the binder.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a binder constructed in accordance with my invention, showing several of the binding-stubs, a sheet to be bound being shown attached to one of the stubs; Fig. 2, an edge view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 illustrate the method of folding and forming the binding-stubs; Fig. 6, a perspective view, partly in section, of a stub with a folded or double sheet of music or other matter attached thereto; Fig. 7, a view of the inside of one of the boards of the binder-cover, showing a scale or gage to be used in ascertaining the proper points to form the openings in the sheet to be bound to receive the fasteners carried by the stubs; Fig. 8, a perspective view of a modified form of stub with sheets to be bound attached thereto; Fig. 9, an edge view of the same; Fig. 10, a modified way of attaching a sheet or sheets to the stub shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. 11 a modified form of the stub of Fig. 8.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, Figs. 3, A, and 5, the numeral 1 designates a strip of paper or light pasteboard, to which a reinforcing-strip 2 of flexible material-linen, cotton, or the like-is secured by pasting or gluing. The reinforced strip thus formed is folded longitudinally at its center, as indicated by dotted line a, Fig. 3. and the folding portions glued 0r otherwise-secured together, pliable U-shaped attachingstaples 3 or other similar fasteners being first inserted, so as to have the legs thereof project through the portion or fold of the strip. By pasting or gluing the folded portions together the fasteners are held from displacement. As many of these features may be used as may be necessary or desirable. A portion of the two-ply strip thus formed is then folded upon the major portion thereof at the side edge opposite to that carrying the fasteners, as indicated by the dotted line b, Fig. 4, and notches 4 are cut therein at the bend or fold for the binding cords or threads, by means of which the stubs thus formed are bound in a cover 5 in a manner well known in the art of bookbinding.

In assembling the stubs as many may be bound together as may be desirable, and between them one ormore filler-stubs 6 may be placed, as may be necessary, as illustrated in Fig. 2,said filler-stubs consisting of reinforced strips folded longitudinally at a central point and notched at the bend or fold for the binding cords or threads, or they may consist simply of one or more reinforced strips of material not folded, but of single thickness.

In attaching the music or othermatterc holes are punched therein, the proper positions of which may be ascertained by placing theinner edge of the sheet along thelongitudinal line 7 of a scale placed upon the inner face of one of the boards of the cover orin any convenient place and marking the places for the holes in accordance with the transverse lines 8 of the said gage or scale. The holes are then formed in the sheet and the latter applied to the stub and with the legs of the fasteners projecting through the holes. The projecting legs of the fasteners are then bent down, as indicated in Fig. 6, to secure the sheet to the stub. The fasteners being of pliable material, the legs thereof may be bent and rebent a number of times without breaking, so that the matter attached to the stub may be removed and replaced at will and other matter substituted therefor, the foatu re being especially convenient and desirable in binding music, as very often, perhaps, only one sheet would be desired for use, and this could be readily removed without disturbing the other sheets, thus avoiding the necessity of carrying the whole binder to the concert-hall or other place where the music is to be used.

In Fig. 8 I use a single reinforced strip 9, folded longitudinally to form unequal portions, the wider portion 10 being formed along its single edge with a number of openings 11 to receive ordinary paper-fasteners 12, which TIC . fasteners in this instance passing through both stubs and the sheets.

In Fig. 11 I show a stub similar to that shown in Fig. 8, with the exception that fasteners of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 6 are used, this stub being especially convenient, as is also thatof Figs. 1, 2, 3, L, and 5 and 6, for binding double or folded sheets of music or other matter. 1

In all of the forms shown the sheets may be conveniently and readily attached and detached to and from the binder-stubs.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a very simple, convenient, and durable binder, in which music or other matter may be readily bound by a person not skilled in bookbinding and removed from the binder without mutilating or otherwise injuring the music, so that a number of sheets may be preserved from loss and damage in a form accessible for reference and use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as original and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A binder for sheet-music and the like comprising a cover, a plurality of bindingstubs bound in said cover, each stub consisting of a strip folded longitudinally to form portions of unequal width, a plurality of fasteners carried by each stub for detachably connecting the music or other matter thereto, and filler or spacing stubs arranged between the binding-stubs.

2. A binder-stub for sheet-music and the like comprising a reinforced strip folded longitudinally to provide portions of different widths and notched at the fold for the binding-cord, and a plurality of fasteners carried by the Wider portion of the strip for detachably connecting the music or other matter to the stub.

3. A binder for sheet-music and the like comprising a stub formed of a strip folded longitudinally with the portions formed by folding united by pasting or gluing, flexible fasteners inserted in said strip before the uniting of the portions thereof formed by folding and projecting through the fold thereof for detachably connecting the music or other matter to the stub, said strip after folding and pasting being folded longitudinally at the edge opposite to the fasteners, and formed with notches at said fold for binding.

4. Abinder for magazines, sheet-music, and the like, comprising a plurality of stubs, each consisting of a reinforced strip folded longitudinally with the portions formed by said fold united by gluing or otherwise, flexible fasteners having prongs or legs inserted in said strip before the uniting of the portions formed by folding and projecting through the fold thereof for detachably connecting the music or other matter to the stub, said stubs being formed with a plurality of notches to receive the binding-cord, fillers or spacingstubs arranged between the binding-stubs, and a cover in which the binding and filler stubs are bound.

5. A binder formagazines, sheet-music and the like, comprising a cover, a plurality of binding-stubs bound in said cover, each stub consisting of a reinforced strip formed with notches for the binding-cord, a plurality of fasteners carried by each stub for detachably connecting the music or other matter thereto, and fillers or spacing-stubs arranged between the binding-stubs.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD E. FLANAGAN.

Witnesses:

JAMEs W. BEVANS, FREDERICK R. AUSTIN. 

